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Deals

BaltCap offloads Medicap to synlab

Baltic-focused private equity firm BaltCap has sold Medicap Holding to European laboratory services provider synlab.

  • Exits
  • 01 August 2013
Equistone indulges with Charles & Alice

Equistone Partners Europe has invested in French fruit dessert maker Charles & Alice Group, alongside existing investor CM-CIC Capital Finance.

  • Buyouts
  • 01 August 2013
Mandarin Capital sells Gasket

Mandarin Capital Partners (MCP) has sold its shareholding in Italian valves components producer Gasket International to Hutchinson, a French thermoplastics firm.

  • Southern Europe
  • 01 August 2013
Axa PE and Aena acquire London Luton Airport

Axa Private Equity, via its third infrastructure fund and alongside Spanish airport operator Aena, has acquired London Luton Airport from TBI, a company owned by CVC-backed Abertis, for £394.4m.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 01 August 2013
Volume and value of European buyouts
Q2: overall buyout value soars by 174%

The European buyout market recovered spectacularly in value terms in Q2 on the back of a string of mega-deals, but the overall volume of activity remains lacklustre.

  • Buyouts
  • 31 July 2013
HTGF backs NovaPump in series-A funding

High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in medical company NovaPump as part of a series-A funding round.

  • DACH
  • 31 July 2013
Acromas results spur further split speculation

Acromas, comprising AA and Saga and backed by CVC, Charterhouse and Permira, has reported a 4.9% uplift in EBITDA, reawakening speculation over how its financial backers will exit the business.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 31 July 2013
ECI reaps 4.5x on Bargain Booze IPO

ECI Partners has reaped a 4.5x money multiple on its full exit from Bargain Booze, which listed on the AIM this morning under its holding company, Conviviality Retail.

  • Exits
  • 31 July 2013
Holtzbrinck Ventures leads series-A investment in L’ArcoBaleno

Holtzbrinck and other investors have taken part in a seven-figure funding round for design e-commerce site L’Arcobaleno.

  • DACH
  • 31 July 2013
Activa buys majority stake in listed Nexeya

Activa Capital has acquired a 57.9% stake in NYSE Euronext-listed Nexeya, alongside BPI France Investissement, and launched an offer for the remainder of the shares.

  • France
  • 31 July 2013
Italian VCs inject €2m into Personal Factory

IMI Fondi Chiusi has joined existing backers Vertis and Fondamenta in a €2m round for building materials company Personal Factory.

  • Southern Europe
  • 30 July 2013
Octopus leads £3.7m investment in Amplience

Octopus Investment, joined by existing shareholders as well as new investor Northstar Ventures, has led a £3.7m series-B funding round for e-commerce technology company Amplience.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 30 July 2013
Idinvest et al. back Grand Cru with €8.5m

Idinvest Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and Nokia Growth Partners have taken part in an €8.5m series-A funding round for Finnish game developer Grand Cru.

  • Nordics
  • 30 July 2013
Waterland sells SLG to Medica

Waterland Private Equity Investments has wholly divested its Belgian portfolio company Senior Living Group (SLG) to Medica, a France-based dependency care provider.

  • Benelux
  • 30 July 2013
Direct secondaries set to peak in 2017

The volume of the direct secondaries market has already doubled in the last year and is set to continue expanding rapidly, according to recent research by placement agent Triago.

  • Secondaries
  • 30 July 2013
HTGF's Capical receives series-A funding

KfW and M-Invest have invested in Capical, a medical technology company backed by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), in a series-A funding round.

  • DACH
  • 30 July 2013
Abraaj divests Acibadem Insurance

The Abraaj Group has sold its 50% stake in Turkish health insurance firm Acibadem Sağlık ve Hayat Sigorta (Acibadem Insurance) to Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the Malaysian government’s strategic investment fund.

  • CEE
  • 30 July 2013
Endless’s Karro secures £60m refinancing package from GE

Karro Food Group has received a £60m funding package from GE Capital just six months after Endless acquired the company.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 30 July 2013
Darwin PE backs £11m Esendex MBO

Darwin Private Equity has acquired UK-based Esendex, a provider of short message service (SMS) solutions for businesses, in an £11m management buyout led by the company’s newly-promoted CEO.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 30 July 2013
IK acquires Ampelmann

IK Investment Partners has bought a majority stake in Netherlands-based Ampelmann, a provider of motion technology systems and structures for the offshore energy sector.

  • Benelux
  • 29 July 2013
Midven backs Learning Labs

Midven has invested £300,000 in Learning Labs' language learning product FlashSticks, which uses 3M’s Post-it notes.

  • Early-stage
  • 29 July 2013
Imperial et al. back Polytherics and Antitope merger

Imperial Innovations, Mercia Fund Management, Catapult Venture Managers and Invesco Perpetual have provided £13.5m for the takeover of Antitope by UK-based biotechnology firm Polytherics.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 29 July 2013
Activa-backed La Maison Bleue bolts on Crèches Baby

French childcare nursery group La Maison Bleue, which is backed by Activa Capital, has acquired day-care nursery chain Crèches Baby & Co from its parent company Delfingen.

  • France
  • 29 July 2013
MML Capital exits Clyde Bergemann

MML Capital Partners (MML) has sold its minority stake in Clyde Bergemann, a global provider of energy services.

  • DACH
  • 29 July 2013
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